The film decipits the attitude of the curch towards the civil war in 1918

Elokuva kirkon suhtautumisesta kansalaissotaan vuonna 1918

SUOMI JA TAMPERE 1918
FINLAND AND TAMPERE 1918

Risto Arkimies | Finland 1993 | Documentary | 32 min

Risto Arkimies’ documentary Suomi ja Tampere 1918 (Finland and Tampere 1918) is a moving depiction of Finland’s fateful spring of 1918. Do the memories from 75 years ago still sting? Veterans of the White and Red Guards recall their road to Tampere, the events that led to the surrender of Red Finland in April 1918: Vatiala, Messukylä and Kalevankangas, the area where the bloodiest battle of the Civil War took place. The road to the city centre was now open. Together with General Väinö Valve, around ten veterans, most of them over 90 years old, recall the spring of 1918. Professor Heikki Ylikangas acts as the historical expert of this documentary.

A film about the Finnish Civil War from the viewpoint of Hilja Virtanen, born in 1904. Hilja’s father, Edward Raittinen, fought for the Reds. How has the war and keeping silent about it affected daughter of a Red guardsman?